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A new report released today says the crocodile industry is worth over $100 million, more than four times the previous estimate. The NT Government commissioned the report, and says it wants to see an expansion of egg collection programs in remote communities. ...

Every year, 13,000 Australians present to hospital emergency departments with injuries from dog attacks. Canine behaviourist Laura Vissaritis discusses why this occurs, and how to use her form of CPR. Laura's written a book called Dognitive Therapy, and Michael Mackenzie took his dog Oli for a ...

Have you ever spent more than half your life alone in the house, perhaps cooped up in the laundry, or even tied to a post outside a supermarket? Of course you haven't, but that's sometimes what happens to the dogs we own. And we own more than 4 million of them. It's hardly surprising, then, that dogs ...

Australian surfer Mick Fanning is breathing a sigh of relief after another shark scare in South Africa. The surfer was plucked from the water at Jeffrey's Bay as a Great White approached. Mick Fanning survived a shark attack two years ago at the same beach. ...